Author: Sophia Willis

Dear family, The question I get most often these days is, “How’s married life?” in no other format than that. It’s always the same question, posed in the same way, because I guess it’s a common enough inquiry where I live that it’s one of the standard questions right up there with, “How are you?”…

Dear Family, I feel a little silly writing about anything in this month’s letter besides the obvious, but I feel like Christmas, at least, deserves some page space. Fortunately, this year’s Christmas did an excellent job of setting the stage for a union of two families. Luke and I seem to agree that everything is…

Dear Family, There are so many mundane things that become more exciting when done alongside people you care about. One of those things is, it turns out, flying on a tiny little airplane across the country to a place that people in Utah call “Washington,” even though the most sensible thing to call it is…

Dear Family, This month, I just love people. I’ve been getting better at interacting with important people in my life in the spare moments, and I’ve noticed that they’ve also been trying a little harder to spend time with me. And it just makes me so happy. A friend from a previous semester stopped by…

Dear Family, It’s crazy to think that my wedding dress shopping experience was just at the beginning of September; it feels like it was ages ago now. But after my experience looking at wedding dresses in Latvia, I got together two of my best friends who were with me for that experience and had them…

Dear Family, It’s finally the end of the summer, and I think this has probably been the most exciting summer of my entire life. There’s probably no need to read another letter after this one, honestly. But I’d appreciate it if you did anyway. The month started off in Latvia, where I completed the last…

Dear Family, I am pleased to present to you: an entire month in the Baltic states! Now four weeks into my study abroad program in Riga, Latvia, I feel a lot more confident speaking Russian, navigating the city, and eating tomatoes. For those who didn’t know little Sophie, that last one might not sound very…

Dear Family, This has truly been one of the most exciting months of my life. If you’re friends with me on Facebook, then you probably already know the most exciting part, but I’ll get to that later to keep myself from getting turned around. The first two weeks were just work until the last day…

Dear Family, About half of this letter was written on May 30th. I hope you will forgive the fact that it is written in two parts, the first speaking as though it is still May, the other written the first few days of June. So as you begin to read the letter, do not fret;…

Dear Family, Firstly, I’d like to try to convey how much I love the month of April. Every time it comes around, I’m just a little happier. Maybe it’s the perfect weather, the important events, or the feeling of impending final exams (meaning impending freedom from obligation to study); I’m not sure what it is…